Will Smith has a big ticket flick opening this week, I Am Legend, a last-man-on-earth sci-fi flick based on the novel by of the same name by Richard Matheson. While I’m looking forward to this film (Will Smith has been money when it comes to sci-fi flicks), I urge local Netflix or Blockbuster subscribers to check out the 1971 version of the same story, The Omega Man.
The reason I’m suggesting this is not just that it’s a good movie, but because it co-stars Rosalind Cash, a native of Atlantic City who had a fine acting career in the ’70s and ’80s before leaving us too soon due to cancer in 1995. When Cash had a love scene with Charlton Heston back in the day, it was still a big deal interracial romance, especially with such a major star as Heston. In this week’s Entertainment Weekly, the director of the new film, Francis Lawrence, talks about his remake and says that he had one tribute to the original flick involving Cash’s Afro. For a look at Rosalind Cash’s career check out her IMDB listing here and for a tribute to her career, go here.